Maryland Catholic Bishops Issue Joint Statement On Human Trafficking

ANNAPOLIS, MD. 04-03-17---The Catholic bishops in Maryland today issued a joint statement on human trafficking, and announced that the Catholic Church in Maryland will be sponsoring a series of information sessions throughout the state to address the issue. Human trafficking is often referred to as modern day slavery. Every year, thousands of men, women, and children fall into the hands of traffickers.

The statement from the Most. Rev. William E. Lori, Archbishop of Baltimore, Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington, and the Most. Rev. W. Francis Malooly, Bishop of Wilmington can be found here: http://bit.ly/2oBLaRL

The Maryland Catholic Conference represents all three dioceses with territory in the state – the Archdiocese of Baltimore (Central and Western Maryland), the Archdiocese of Washington (Montgomery and Prince George’s counties and Southern Maryland), and the Diocese of Wilmington (Eastern Shore).

The Maryland Catholic Conference, the Maryland Human Trafficking Task Force, the Catholic Hospitals of Maryland, and Catholic Charities of Maryland’s (Arch)dioceses teamed up to sponsor the information sessions, in both English and Spanish, beginning this month.

St. Francis de Sales Parish, Salisbury
April 22, 1:00-3:00 p.m. (English and Spanish)